“Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, area fires were intentional to build a “smart city.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Photo shows first lady Melania Trump crying.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
“Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from their calendar app.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“BBC reporter swore on air about Trump-Zelenskyy meet.”
Logically Facts rated this: Fake
“Doctors treating measles patients in Texas are getting "very, very good results" from cod liver oil, budesonide (a steroid) and clarithromycin (an antibiotic).”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: None of these are specific treatments for nor are they recommended for measles. While cod liver oil contains vitamin A, which can help if someone is deficient in the vitamin, it is not clear if it would benefit someone …
“The members of the Patriot Front are "feds," and "the day after Kash Patel gets in, they disband.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
“Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“$1.9 billion (went) to recently created decarbonization of homes committee," which was "headed up" by Stacey Abrams.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“DOGE stopped an annual payment to Barack Obama for $2.6 million for ‘royalties associated with Obamacare.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
“President Donald Trump posted on X that “If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
“The Department of Government Efficiency has “found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: The most recent update on DOGE’s website from March 2 reports that the department has only created an estimated $105 billion in savings thus far. Although Trump ticked off several examples of what he called “appalling w…
“The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Stacey Abrams was senior counsel for a group that was part of a coalition awarded a $2 billion Environmental Protection Agency grant. Abrams did not lead the coalition, nor did she directly receive any of the grant mone…
“Conservative activist Laura Loomer’s reporting proves “Alex Wong is the individual who added (journalist) Jeffrey Goldberg” to the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: National Security Adviser Michael Waltz said publicly he was responsible for journalist Jeffrey Goldberg erroneously being added to the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
“Europe's aid to Ukraine "was in the form of a loan. They get their money back and we didn't.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
FactCheck.org says: Most of the aid from Europe hasn't been structured as loans and some U.S. aid has been given as loans, although the portion of loans in U.S. aid is smaller the portion in European aid.
“DOGE stopped an annual payment to Barack Obama for $2.6 million for ‘royalties associated with Obamacare.’”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Zelenskyy "went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October.”
PolitiFact rated this: This is misleading.
PolitiFact says: On Sept. 22, Zelenskyy met with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, but that was not a campaign event. It was at a Scranton ammunition plant, where Zelenskyy thanked workers producing munitions for Ukraine.
“Elon Musk and DOGE have discovered that there are 394 million Social Security recipients in the U.S.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Missing Context
“It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: President Donald Trump has not signed an order to give $5,000 checks to all American taxpayers. We found no White House announcements or news reports about this.
“We've never audited government for 100 years.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire